fail like you mean it
I’m sure you don’t struggle with this, but I look at innovators in technology, business, church planting, leadership, the arts, and many other fields and think one of two things: either…….
a) they make it look so easy, and here I am beating my head against the green walls of my office seeking just one halfway decent solution to one eighth of one problem – or -
b) I could totally do what they’re doing–why haven’t I received the opportunity?
As Dean Kamen charmingly and kindly reminds us in this short video from bigthink.com, both assumptions are incorrect. It’s not easy, and it’s not (usually) about being handed opportunities to shine—it’s almost always about hard work and failing a lot lot lot. Check it out.
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As one who is weekly involved in the creative process of sermon-writing I can tell you that this is an encouraging interview clip. Nice find, Jen, and thanks for sharing it. I intend to share it w/ some preacher friends.
Honesty is always so refreshing (almost always), don’t you think?